Communicating God's Love to a Hurting World!

Mobilizing the body of Christ globally to join Jesus in His mission, especially among the least-reached peoples,transforming lives, relationships & communities.
Reaching the "Unreached People Groups" in the 10/40 window.
There are endless opportunities to help complete the Great Commission, whatever your interests and abilities are.
A blog by Richard Dassow

Thursday, September 29, 2016

1. My blog is Searchable...see small box on right hand side of blog.You could experiment with different "words" to find what you might be looking for.

2.
After a little experimenting today...I discovered that most of you find
my blog because of a post I put on Twitter! And you find it in a few
minutes of my Tweet!If you did NOT find this post on Twitter...click HERE and you can see all my Tweets, even if you are NOT on Twitter!

To a lesser extent others find my blog because we are "connected" on LinkedIn.You can Connect with me on LinkedIN HERE

3. On the right hand side of the blog are the most "Popular" posts viewed in the last 30 days.

4. If you scroll down to the very bottom of the blog...you will see the most popular viewed posts in the last week.

5. You can also leave comments at the bottom of each post. Would love to answer any questions, etc.

As you all know...one can find anything we want on the internet...lots of knowledge out there.

6. I hope to impart some "wisdom" that you could use in your life! Whatever reason would you be searching or looking at my blog?

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Bloom where you are planted! We have all heard this phrase so many times that maybe we don't understand what it really means. Google the phrase...you will see what I mean. Some very good secular or worldly advice.

Be "rooted", "grounded" and "grow" and so rise to the top of your
"field"...and "bloom" where you are "planted" ...using the "Abilities",
"gifts" and "Strengths" God has endowed you with.

By doing the above...we potentially can rise to the top of our "field". But WHY should we Bloom Where We Are Planted?

As a believer in Jesus Christ and desiring to be a good steward and a faithful "follower" of Jesus on our way to glory...we can be a light for others to see the Truth.

●"The
Lord
created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts,
Passions,
Abilities, strengths and a unique personality with different
experiences. Helping each other put the pieces of the seeming puzzle
together so we each can
be most effective in our families, church, community and the world and
finish
our lives well and leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when
we stand
before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful
servant."

Isn't that what we would like to hear one day?

"God has created each of us with a unique contribution to make in our
world and our times. No other person has our same abilities,
motivations, network of friends and relationships, perspectives, ideas,
or experiences. When we, like misplaced puzzle pieces, fail to show up,
the overall picture is diminished." Richard Stearns: President of
World Vision U.S.Quote from his book: The Hole in our Gospel

We are Jesus's hands and feet in the world.

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10

A few pictures of field grown pansies...from our farm many years ago.

The individual beautiful pansy plants grew well in the field where they were planted for the allotted time they were there. They were seeded in the field for a purpose...The next year they were individually dug up, put in containers and sold to people who then transplanted them to their gardens to be viewed.

Isn't this what life is all about?

God, the master gardener created each of us unique...plants us here for a short time...for a specific purpose...and cares for us. "Lord, open our eyes and heart". "Come Holy Spirit, Come, you are welcome here" More later: Come back soon!The picture above was taken in early to late October.Our family grew 2 plus acres of pansies.Seeded in the field beginning of July.

Pansies are bi annuals.
Around Thanksgiving time when the ground was frozen, they were covered with marsh hay.
But before this...all the flowers were hand picked off and discarded. A lot of work!

In spring as soon as the snow melted and it was dry enough..late March.., we uncovered them.
They
started to bloom again in early May and we dug each plant and put 12 in
a wooden flat or 6 plants in a 2 quart basket and 5 in a wooden crate
and sold to Kohls and Sentry food stores. This was in the mid 60s to
late 70's. They purchased all we had.

We also sold to Winkies in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a local 5 and 10 cent store. They had several stores at the time. They are still in business with the store in Whitefish Bay.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

"God has created each of us with a unique contribution to make in our world and our times. No other person has our same abilities, motivations, network of friends and relationships, perspectives, ideas, or experiences. When we, like misplaced puzzle pieces, fail to show up, the overall picture is diminished." Richard Stearns: President of World Vision U.S.
Quote from his book: The Hole in our Gospel

Chapter 24: How Many Loaves Do You Have?
"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try spending the night in a closed room with a mosquito." - African Saying

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

A good plan for beginning each day: Pray, Plan and Prioritize. Then Delegate...if you have someone to delegate to!Finished a good book recently: WHO by Geoff Smart and Randy Street."The most important decisions that business people make are not "what" decisions but "Who" decisions." -Jim Collins, Author of Good To Great.That also goes for non profit organizations! Good book: Good to Great in the Social Sector. by Jim CollinsWHOWHATHOWIt's relatively easy to figure out "What" to do and also "How" to do something.Maybe a more important decision is "WHY" we do what we do.Then the rest becomes easy.A good book for figuring that out is " Start With Why by Simon Sinek. If you don't know WHY, You can't know HOW."All great leaders have clarity of WHY; an undying belief in a purpose
or cause bigger than themselves. It's not Bill Gates's passion for
computers that inspires us, it's his undying optimism that even the most
complicated problems can be solved. He believes we can find ways to
remove obstacles to ensure that everyone can live and work to their
greatest potential. It is his optimism to which we are drawn." P. 134

For the church pastor or leader who feels led to plant a new church, the congregation needs to understand the Biblical basis of missions. WHY we are here. Why we exist. For what purpose. A good video that explains this.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

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